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Auburn Morning Rush: Soccer falls to Alabama, Baseball to play Alabama for exhibition

Soccer came up just short on Senior Night and the baseball team is ready for a showdown with Alabama.

We have nearly made it to the weekend and there is no better way to start your Friday than with the Auburn Morning Rush.

Today’s edition starts with the soccer program, the Tigers fell to Alabama 1-0 Thursday night at the Auburn Sports Complex.

The baseball team is set to close their fall exhibition slate Friday at Plainsman Park against the Crimson Tide. The game will also benefit the Beat Bama Food Drive.

The men’s tennis program revealed its 2023 schedule for the season and some great teams will be coming to the Plains. They will have 14 matches at home and will also host the SEC Champions to close the season.

Finally, the swim and dive program traveled to Baton Rouge and took care of LSU, sweeping the matches 2-0.

Will Nolan named SEC Freshman of the Week

More SEC honors for Auburn athletes.

Auburn’s Will Nolan was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after a win at Georgia Tech.

Nolan, who is from Derbyshire, England, beat Georgia Tech’s Angel Guerrero 6-4 and 6-1 to clinch Auburn’s first road win of the season. He is now 5-0 in singles and has not lost a single set. He is also 2-0 in doubles.

“Will has been an unbelievable addition to our team this year,” head coach Bobby Reynolds said. “His carefree but intense on-court personality has given him confidence to anchor this team at No. 6. He battled through adversity this past week with an illness that kept him from practicing, but he assured the coaches he was ready to battle vs. Georgia Tech.

“He’s a player who wants the match to come down to his court and thrives in big moments and in the spotlight.”

With the win, Auburn improved to 5-0 on the season and is now ranked No. 24 in the Tennis Channel/USTA Top 25 and No. 24 in the ITA rankings. It’s the first time the Tigers have been ranked since 2013.

Auburn has two home matches this weekened. They will face South Alabama Friday at 2 p.m. and Tulane on Sunday at noon. Entry is free and free pizza is being given away.

Auburn men’s double tennis duo finish second at NCAA Championship

Auburn duo Tad Maclean and Finn Murgett fell in a tiebreaker set in the NCAA title match to finish runner-ups.

Tad Maclean and Finn Murgett gave Auburn fans a ride they won’t ever forget.

The duo finished as runner-ups in the 2021 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship on Friday after losing to Tennessee’s Adam Walton and Pat Harper 7-6, 6-2, 13-11 in the title match.

“We have done unbelievable well this week and have stuck together on the court and our games complement each other, I think,” Maclean said. “It was such a tough match today…We left it all out there.

“I couldn’t be prouder of us coming from being friends before college to him coming over.”

Auburn head coach Bobby Reynolds is proud of how his players competed.

“I hurt for these guys and not being able to walk away with the trophy, but they poured their hearts out all week.” he said. “They grew so much from this week, both on and off the court, being a part of the tournament. It the end it came down to a couple of points and I couldn’t be more proud of them. Obviously, they walk off the court with their head high and hungry for more.”